PALESTINE 36 Screening | 4.17
April 17th 8 PM | IB LectureHall In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colorhial rule,Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire. This event is co-sponsored by the DKU SWANA Club, HRC Fascism and Everyday Life Initiative and the Cultural & Societies Major.
Tea Culture Week 2026 | A Journey Through Tea: Culture, Senses, and Everyday Life | April 20–23
Tea Culture Week 2026 A Journey Through Tea: Culture, Senses, and Everyday Life Date | April 20–23 Venue | Duke Kunshan University Tea is more than a drink. It is a way of slowing down, noticing, and connecting. This Tea Culture Week is not simply a collection of events, but a thoughtfully designed experience. We […]
April 29 | Elemental Nationalism: Vies of China from earth and air
4.29 | 5:30-7:00 PM | AB 1079 People have long seized on that which they consider elemental as building blocks of their symbolic worlds, including their national identities. Recent work in the environmental humanities contends that attention to “elemental materiality” can help us to decenter the human and think ecologically about social issues. In that […]
LGBTQ+ Reading Group: Embracing Diversity | 4.17
Join Dr. Zhenjie Weng and Dr. Yanan Zhao for a timely discussion on how colleges can better support LGBTQ+ students. The conversation will explore recurring experiences of discrimination, isolation, and self-censorship—and underscore the urgent need for more inclusive, affirming campus environments. Come be part of the conversation and help shape a more inclusive future for our campuses.
Talk: Ordinary Frontier at the Desert’s Edge: Aspirational Ecology and Sedimented Infrastructures in Northwestern China | April 16
April 16 | 2:00-3:30 pm | CCT E 4011 Talk title: Ordinary Frontier at the Desert’s Edge: Aspirational Ecology and Sedimented Infrastructures in Northwestern China Abstract: Across the globe, governments are building ‘green’ infrastructures almost everywhere to confront ecological crises, yet most studies focus on iconic megaprojects rather than ordinary, low‑profile frontiers. Focusing on Taole, […]
2026 Signature Work Conference and Exhibition – Part 2 Creative Project | April 17
Friday, April 17th | 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM This exhibition brings together a range of creative projects from the class of 2026 graduating students. From disappearing Chinatowns and chronic illness to game mechanics rooted in Taoist cosmology and scenario-based civic learning, the works in this exhibition do not simply represent the world. Instead, they […]
From Freud to Game Theory: Exploring the Ethics of Economic Theorizing | April 15
Wednesday, April 15, 4:00 – 5:00 pm | IB 2028 Title: On the Ethics of Economic Theorizing: Perspectives from Psychoanalytical Theory Speaker: M. Ali Khan (Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University) Abstract: On taking Michael Oakeshott’s 1974 distinction between the theorist and the theoretician, and the analogy of the theorist-theorized, to the psychoanalytic category of analyst-analysand, […]
Film Society | “A case that never quite makes sense — and never really needs to.” ｜April 8th
Hosted by Professor Joseph Giacomelli, this week, the Film Society presents to you The Big Lebowski! Directed by the Coen brothers, The Big Lebowski (1998) drifts through a haze of mistaken identity, absurd encounters, and laid-back indifference. What begins as a simple misunderstanding unfolds into a meandering journey where plot gives way to mood, and […]
Humanities Research Center 2026 Spring Conference Program
FRIDAY, April 03, 2026 08:30-09:00 Registration and Coffee AB1079 09:00-09:15 Opening Remarks AB1079 Carlos rojas, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University Selina Lai-Henderson, Associate Professor […]
Film Society: Six-String Samurai
Time: 18:00 pm, Thursday, March 27 Location: LIB2101B Film Appreciation Room This week Arthouse Department of DKU Film Society will screen Six-String Samurai (1998), ’s cult post-apocalyptic rock-and-roll odyssey set in a surreal wasteland where music and swordplay collide. Wandering toward a mythic Las Vegas ruled by Elvis impersonators, a lone guitarist-samurai battles mutants, rival […]
